Bottle-stopper.



PATENTED DEC. 17,

G. KIRKEGAARD.

BOTTLE STOPPER. APPLIUATION FILED 00111, 1906 in a different position.

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GEORG KIRKEGAAIQD, OF NEW .ZORiLiV'.

' BOTTLE-STDPEEB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ljec. I7, 1907.

Application filed October 11, 1906 ,Elerial lilo. 333,358-

To all who-m it may concern:

Be it known that I, Guess Kisiisonasn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle- Stoppers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement on a bottle stopper which I have invented and for which Letters Patent of the United States No. 829,341 were issued to me on the 21st day of August, 1906.

The present invention relates to an iinprovement which I have made in connection with this stopper for the purpose of indi eating if the stopper has'been used.

I will describe my invention in the follow ing specification and point out the novel features thereof in claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is. a perspective view of my improved bottle stopper; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the upper portion of a bottle with one of my stoppers applied thereto. Fig. 4.- is a sectional viewot' a bottle stopper cap, the section being taken through the line X-X of Fig. 2 and'the-view. being taken in the direction of the error larged sectional view of portion'of a spe cielly constructed handle or tail-piece which I use in carrying out my invention. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the same part showing it Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the part shown in Fig. 5, the view being taken at right-angles to the shown in Fig. 5.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

10 designates a which constructed of .sheet metel such, for example, as tin. This cap or stopper comprises a disk portion 1.1 which. has an annular depending flange 12. These together iorm an inverted cup within which is placed a disk 13 of cork for other suitable material. it three points around the periphery ol' the disk and manner or or the purpose fully set forth in i an aforesaid Letters Patent o 82934159 5 an en that each of them has a hollow lug 22 which is arranged to engage with the inclined shoulder 31 of the bottle 30 to which the stopper is to be applied, and stiffening ribs 28 which extend from points over the edge of the disk 11 downward and below the holding lugs 22. Between the ribs the metal of the flange 12 is bulged outward above the projecting lug 22 indicated at 24, so that the whole structure of the finger is far more rigid and strong. than the remaining portions of the flange and disk. The flat portion designated by 25 is provided for the purpose of accomplishing the operation of applying the cap to bottle by means of a die or other tool which may be arranged with cam-surfaces which come in contact with these surfaces for this purpose and thus the flattening out and destroying the function or" the stiffening ribs 23 by this operation is avoided.

in applying this stopper to abottle or jar a die or other tool is used for pressing the disk down upon the mouth of a bottle so as to compress the packing material 13 and then pressing the lower portion. of the fingers 20 into engagement with the annular shoulder 31 oiithe bottle. ihe capthus secured to bottle is held. firmly in place by the strength of the fingers, and it is capable of withstanding considerable pressure from the inside of the bottle. When it is desired to remove this cap from a bottle this may be readily done by grasping the lower end of the tail-piece or handle 21 and forcing the 7 cap upward thereby. This operation does not materially chan e the cap and its fingers as when it is thus sprung off from the bottle ness of the structure will cause it to ain its original shape. it it eal the bottle after this operation this may he readily done by simply l he ,cap over the'mouth oi the bottle dowuwerdupon the disk 1.1 until "s .29 snap under the shoulder 31. The of the rugs upon the inclined wi l hold the cap upon the bottle on! rent strength to efiectually seal the described and the operation this device is more fully disclosed in the aforesaid Letters'Patent. in some cases it is desirable to provide means for showing this cap has been used. For this purpose I provide in the handle or tailpiece sides of the tailpiece near its'lcwer extrem grooves or indentations 21 in both ing rib 23 is on already described, the

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' of the structure.

These are clearly shown in 5, 6 and 7. These grooves divide the lower end 21 of the handle or tail-piece from the rest It may be seen that the groove in the tail-piece proper 21 is made on the inner surface of the metal while the groove which passes through the stiffen- I the outer surface of the metal. When a cap provided with these grooves is first applied to a bottle in the usual manner these grooves perform no function whatever, but when the cap is rei'noved in the manner first pressure applied to the lower end of the handle or tail-piece for the purpose of removing the capwill cause the lower end 121 to bend outward as shown in Fig. (i and also in dotted lines in Fig. 3. This lower portion will facilitate the operation of removing the cap as it provides a better finger hold and therefore may be more readily mani ulated. After a cap has thus been remove the lower end 21 of the tail-piece 21 will remain bentoutward so that it will show that the cap has been used.

If an attempt is made to bend this portion 21" down again into its original position it will break oil at the grooves 21, 21, as the bending of the metal at this point will so strain or fracture the fibers of the metal that it will break through if it is bent back again. The cap or stopper which I have herein described possesses all of the advantages disclosed in the forinerl ietters Patent and ithas the additional feature of indicating whein ever it has been reinovedaiter it is first ap plied to a bottle.

What 1 claim is. 1. A bottle stopper comprising a disk hav ing an annular dc )ending flange, fingers OX- tending (lOWIlWilIL beyond the flange, said lingers being provided with holding portions adapted to engage with the neck of a bottle,

I fracture groove below I eraser and a handle or tailieee extending from vided Wi th a fracture groove, below the hold- 4 ingdportion of the finger from which it exten s piece constitutes an indicating device.- Y r -2. A bottle stopper comprising a metallic l cap containing a packing material and having a number of depending fingers around its periphery, each finger having an inwardly I projecting lug for engaging the neck of a bottle, stiffening ribs surrounding said lugs and I extending upward to the cap, and a handle I or tail-piece extending from one of the fingersysaid. tail-piece being provided with a I fracture groove below the inwardly projecting lug of the finger from which it extends so l that the lower portion of the tail-piece constitutes an indicating device.

3. A bottle stopper comprising a sheet metal cap containing a packing material, said cap having a disk, a depending annular flange and. fingers extending from the lower edge of said flange around of said fingers being provided with a reinforcement extending from its lower end up- I ward through the width or depth of the I flange and an inwardly projecting lug for engaging'the neck of a bottle, and a handle or tail-piece extending from one of tlie fingers; said tail-piece being provided with a the inwardly projects ing lug, of the linger from which it extends so that the lower portion of the tail-piece'constitutes an indicating device.

in testimony whereof I have signed my I name to this specification in the presence of l two subscribing witnesses.

enone 'KIRKEGAARD. Witnesses:

ELLA TUGH, A. E. CARROLL.

one of the fingers; sai tail-piece being proits periphery, each 

